Window display device



Jan. 21, 1936. w ENQCH WINDOW DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Nov. 15, 1934 m a/r er 5/7065 ATTORNEY \NVENTOR Patented Jan. 21, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 5 Claims.

My invention relates generally to improvements in window display devices and has reference particularly to metal caps and base members used in the building up of columns, pedestals and other proper ties pertaining to the window trimming art.

One of the more common properties used in window displays is that of the column or pedestal and the latter is usually constructed of paper or cardboard, which is rolled upon itself to form a cylindrical shell, and which is joined along the meeting edges of the board by paste or metal fasteners. To finish oil the tops and bottoms of cylindrical columns of this character decorators resort to the use of bands of metal or other paper. While this arrangement suffices for the work, it is costly in that considerable time is consumed in the pasting and joining operations.

With the foregoing in mind it is the purpose of the present invention to provide an improved cap or base for the ends of a display column, which caps not only furnish complete end fixtures in themselves, but they actually attach themselves to the column to cause it to take and hold its desired cylindrical form, whereby the latter and the caps become a complete unit capable of being handled and moved about without becoming disassembled. I accomplish this purpose by means of a metal cap having a closed end and upright side wall and inwardly bent tongues adapted to engage and hold the paper or cardboard cylindrical column in form against the said wall.

In the following specification I have described several embodiments of my invention, which are illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a column partly in section and partly in elevation; Figure 2 is a substantially transverse sectional view taken on lines 2--2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the caps; Figure 4 is a perspective View of a modified form of cap; and Figure 5 is a plan view of a cap which is rectangular in shape instead of round as in the previous figures.

Referring to the drawing and particularly Figures l to 3 inclusive, it denotes a sheet of corrugated paper or if preferred just plain paper, which has been rolled longitudinally upon itself to form a cylindrical shell. The cylinder of paper is held in position by means of caps ll applied to opposite ends.

Each cap I l comprises a flat disc shaped closed end having a plurality of inwardly directed tabs l2 which may be attached to the closed end or cut out and bent inwardly as illustrated, and an upstanding continuous rim or skirt l3 disposed peripherally of the closed end. The tips of the tabs I 2 are each provided with a pointed projection M which is bent inwardly at right angles to the plane of the tab and which in the upright position of the latter is directed toward the inner surface of the skirt l3.

To assemble a column, the paper or cardboard I is rolled longitudinally upon itself to form a cylindrical shell, the ends of which are each inserted in a cap l l by placing the cylindrical wall against the inner face of the skirt l3 and thereafter bending the tabs l2 to upright position. The tabs are then pressed outwardly until the points l4 have pierced the paper wall of the column, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

In the modification shown in Figure 4, the cap comprises the disc shaped closed end and a continuous upright peripheral wall or skirt l6, which is provided with a plurality of cut out portions extending about the angle and into the closed end l5, the cut out portions being bent upright inside the line of the wall It to form tabs II. In this construction the sections of the wall or skirt l6 and tabs ll alternately embrace the outer and inner surfaces of the cylindrical column of paper or cardboard.

According to the modification of Figure 5, the construction is similar to that of Figures 1 to '3 except that the cap H is rectangular in shape instead of round and a greater number of tabs l2 are bent up out of the closed end to engage the paper column and hold it against the upright skirt or wall [3 Having described my invention and the manner in which the same is used, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an article of manufacture, a cap for the end of a hollow column, comprising a cup shaped member having upstanding tabs provided with outwardly turned points and disposed inside the walls of the member to engage and hold the end of the column against the said wall.

2. In a display device, the combination of a cylindrical shell and caps for opposite ends thereof, each cap comprising a continuous upright wall embracing the outside surface of the shell, a disc shaped closed end abutting the end of the shell and tabs on the closed end bent upright inside the shell to engage and hold the latter against the walls of the cap.

3. In a display device, the combination of a cylindrical shell, and a cap for each end of the shell comprising an upright wall to embrace the outside of the shell, a disc shaped closed end to abut the end of the shell and tabs bent upright from the closed end inside the wall to embrace the inside of the shell and press the latter against the wall, the ends of the tabs having projections to pierce the wall of the shell.

4. A display device, as claimed in claim 3, in which the projections on the tabs are pointed members bent at an angle to the plane of the tabs and towards the wall when the tabs are in upright position.

5. A display device, as claimed in claim 3, in which the tabs are an integral part of the closed end of the cap and are formed from the material disposed between U-shaped cuts disposed radially of the end and with the ends of the cuts brought to a point short of the inner line of the upright wall, whereby an annular space is provided between the tabs and wall to accommodate the end of the shell.

WALTER ENOCH. 10 

